The U.S. Department Of State’s Bureau Of Educational And Cultural Affairs (ECA) Has Announced A Competition To Identify Potential Host Institutions For The 2011 MENA Regional Short-Term Visiting Scholar Program (MENA S&T). 25 Scholars From 12 Countries In The Middle East And North Africa Will Receive Grants To Participate In One Of The Five Discipline-Based Cohorts. The Program’s Purposes Are To Promote Faculty Development And To Build Higher Education Capacity In Science And Technology Fields In The Participants’ Home Countries. The Program Will Lay The Foundation For Participating Scholars And Their U.S. Hosts To Develop Long-Term Institutional Relationships And To Identify Areas Of Cooperation That Can Be Sustained After The Grant Period. Each Of The Selected U.S. Institutions Will Host A Cohort Composed Of Five Scholars In One Of The Following Five Fields:
Scholarship Application Deadline: February 1, 2011
Scholar Program in Science and Technology for Africa, 2011: Science And Technology, Engineering, Engineering, Environmental /Earth Sciences, Agriculture/Food Security, Information Technology
University of Hong Kong Master’s Scholarship in Computer Science
The scholarships are to be awarded to those PRC candidates who have successfully applied and been offered a place in
the Master of Science in Computer Science Programme as full-time students in Hong Kong. The scholarships shall be used to meet part of the composition fees for a full-time programme of studies leading to the degree. Successful applicants will need to pay the balance of the total composition fees minus the amount of scholarships awarded when they accept the offer.
Eligibility
Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or any relevant qualification of equivalent standard from this University or from another university or comparable institution accepted for this purpose.
The purpose of this study is not to offer a conversion course for non-Computer Science graduates but rather, to offer an opportunity of advanced education in various areas of Computer Science. It is the students’ responsibility to acquire the necessary prerequisite knowledge on their own.
English Language Requirement
Applicants who wish to be admitted on the basis of a qualification from a university or comparable institution outside Hong Kong where the language of teaching and /or examination is not English is required to obtain:
i. a score of 550 or above (paper-based test) or 80 or above (internet-based test) in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). An applicant who took the TOEFL should request the Education testing Service (ETS) to send an official score report to the University directly. For this purpose, the HKU TOEFL code number is 9671. Test scores more than two years old will not be accepted.
ii. A minimum overall band of 6 with no subtest lower than 5.5 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS); or
iii. Grade C or above in the Overseas General Certificate of Education (GCE); or
iv. Grade C or above in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE); or
v. Grade C or above in the Cambridge Test of Proficiency in English Language;
unless in exceptional circumstances they are exempted from this requirement.
Scholarship Application Deadline:· First Round: February 28, 2011
· Second Round: April 30, 2011
AUN/SEED-Net Master’s Scholarship Program 2011, Thailand: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Environmental Engineering
The AUN/SEED-Net Project with support from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) provides scholarships to highly qualified young teaching staff and graduating students/young graduates (i.e., potential future faculty staff) of Member Institutions to acquire master’s degrees in the following nine engineering fields at respective Host Institutions in other countries.
In order for AUN/SEED-Net students to produce high quality thesis research of international standard and to ensure the completion of the master’s degree within two years, AUN/SEEDNet provides vital support, in terms of financial and academic, through joint thesis research supervision, to AUN/SEED-Net Master’s students at all Host Institutions. The joint thesis research supervision will be carried out through the Collaborative Research Program, which has been created by each Host Institution for a few well-defined research themes (or research umbrellas) in consultation with Japanese Field Coordinating University, each of which is a collection of interrelated and progressively conducted thesis research topics. Each AUN/SEED-Net student (including doctoral sandwich student) shall conduct thesis research under one of these research themes.
Scholarship Application Deadline: 31 January 2011
